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{{quote|''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|"Blow up the fish tank with the missile."]]''|'''Professor Tim'''}}
{{quote|''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|"Blow up the fish tank with the missile."]]''|'''Professor Tim'''}}


A Puzzle Game published by [[Sierra Online|Sierra Entertainment]] in 1992, The Incredible Machine (AKA "[[Fun With Acronyms|TIM]]") centers around the construction of [[Rube Goldberg Device|Rube Goldberg Devices]]. The player is provided with a predetermined set of parts to use in order to achieve the given objective. There are over 100 puzzles to complete, each of varying difficulty, but custom puzzles and machines can also be made (with full access to all the parts in the game). Many parts are available, ranging from the simple (gears and ropes) to the downright bizarre (alligators and blimps).
A Puzzle Game published by [[Sierra Online|Sierra Entertainment]] in 1992, The Incredible Machine (AKA "[[Fun with Acronyms|TIM]]") centers around the construction of [[Rube Goldberg Device|Rube Goldberg Devices]]. The player is provided with a predetermined set of parts to use in order to achieve the given objective. There are over 100 puzzles to complete, each of varying difficulty, but custom puzzles and machines can also be made (with full access to all the parts in the game). Many parts are available, ranging from the simple (gears and ropes) to the downright bizarre (alligators and blimps).


The game's family-friendly quality and subtle moments of humor and satisfaction led to widespread popularity. Over the course of nine years, seven more titles were released, and the series has since been a recipient of several awards.
The game's family-friendly quality and subtle moments of humor and satisfaction led to widespread popularity. Over the course of nine years, seven more titles were released, and the series has since been a recipient of several awards.
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* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: The game's resident mindless mini-human, Mel Schlemming.
* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: The game's resident mindless mini-human, Mel Schlemming.
* [[Cruelty Is the Only Option]]: A notable example occurs in ''Even More Contraptions'', where the player is forced to goad a mouse out of its home using cheese in order to feed the mouse to an alligator.
* [[Cruelty Is the Only Option]]: A notable example occurs in ''Even More Contraptions'', where the player is forced to goad a mouse out of its home using cheese in order to feed the mouse to an alligator.
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: It's a machine, and it's incredible.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: It's a machine, and it's incredible.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: Many devices are [[Rule of Fun|excused]] from this, but lighting a fuse with a flashlight still seems odd.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: Many devices are [[Rule of Fun|excused]] from this, but lighting a fuse with a flashlight still seems odd.
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: "Ragtime" in the third installment is a modified tune of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag".
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: "Ragtime" in the third installment is a modified tune of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag".
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